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Zhang Weili vs.
Amanda Lemos

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

10-3-0 Zhang Weili · UFC
9-6-0 Amanda Lemos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

10-3-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
37
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
39.2
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
63"
ReachΔ 2"
65"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
8.7
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
4.8
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Amanda Lemos is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Zhang Weili hunts takedowns — 1.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Zhang Weili is a submission threat — 0.45 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Zhang Weili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 103
Tier 3 — regional circuit 161

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.47 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.1 wins over .500

Amanda Lemos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9294.66/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
4452.75/min · norm 3.77
5232.63/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4873.01/min · norm 3.94
52.7%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
55.3%norm 44.5%
53.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
45.3%norm 54.4%
30.23/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
60.56/15 · norm 0.00

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Zhang Weili

Distance 74.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 20.3% (norm 5.0%)

Amanda Lemos

Distance 77.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 5.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Zhang Weili

Head 68.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 13.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 18.5% (norm 9.1%)

Amanda Lemos

Head 76.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Weili L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Lemos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 552 / 1305 42.3% 38.3% 308 / 621 49.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 82 / 100 82.0% 72.6% 58 / 72 80.6% 72.6%
On the ground 295 / 358 82.4% 75.0% 79 / 111 71.2% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 548 / 1199 45.7% 35.4% 289 / 611 47.3% 35.4%
To the body 159 / 237 67.1% 69.3% 94 / 125 75.2% 69.3%
To the legs 222 / 327 67.9% 77.9% 62 / 68 91.2% 77.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Weili L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Lemos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 421 / 989 42.6% 39.7% 254 / 595 42.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 54 / 68 79.4% 71.5% 123 / 155 79.4% 71.5%
On the ground 48 / 59 81.4% 74.4% 110 / 141 78.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 791 35.9% 36.0% 282 / 602 46.8% 36.0%
To the body 98 / 136 72.1% 68.4% 119 / 163 73.0% 68.4%
To the legs 141 / 189 74.6% 79.1% 86 / 126 68.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2644.8% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1164.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.10
2163.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2963.0% def · norm 64.1%
57:4429.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
27:5717.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
33:142:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
66:216:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.45/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
80.74/15 · norm 0.29

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lemos has more cage time on record.

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